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☆ Getting by on $30,000 a year or less in Seattle, Long Beach, and NYC: How 3 city-dwellers 'just make it work'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-26 | by ( Ryan Ermey | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Carvajal is one of three recent Make It interviewees who earns less than $30,000 while living in a coastal city. Tiara Simmons, a 39-year-old law clerk living in Long Beach, California, pulls in $26,000 a year between her salary and a social media marketing side hustle. Hoping to reinvest in his business, Carvajal pays himself a salary of just $25,000 and lives as minimally as possible. As for his business, Carvajal hopes to put Dominican-based coffee growers back on the map while steadily expanding his business. Tiara Simmons at The Pike, a shopping and amusement complex in Long Beach, Calif., she enjoys visiting with her family.

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Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailLiving on under $30K a year in 3 U.S. citiesMake It journeys to Washington, California, and New York to connect with three individuals earning less than $30,000. Chi Baik, 26, lives in Seattle, Washington and earns $27,000 a year as a Ph.D. student. Tiara Simmons, 39, is a lawyer in Long Beach, California and earns roughly $26,000 a year between her job as a law clerk and her social media marketing side hustle. Hector Carvajal, 26, owns Don Carvajal Cafe, a Dominican-inspired company based in the Bronx, New York. 25:55 3 hours ago

Persons: Chi Baik, Tiara Simmons, Hector Carvajal, Don Carvajal Locations: U.S, Washington , California, New York, Seattle , Washington, Long Beach , California, Dominican, Bronx , New York

Hector Carvajal, 26, is the founder of Don Carvajal Cafe, a Dominican-sourced coffee roaster, and lives on $25,000 a year just outside New York City. Today, the 26-year-old runs Don Carvajal Cafe, a coffee roasting company out of the South Bronx that sources its beans from the Dominican Republic. "In the countryside of the Dominican Republic, we farm, we harvest, we roast coffee," he says. For the first three years of running his business, Carvajal lived rent-free with his mom in the Bronx in her rent-stabilized apartment. It's also why it's so important to him to source his coffee from farmers in the Dominican Republic.

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailHow this 26-year-old earns and spends $25,000 a year just outside NYCHector Carvajal, 26, owns Don Carvajal Cafe, a Dominican-inspired coffee roasting company based in the Bronx, New York. In 2022, his business brought in roughly $190,000 in sales and from that, he lives off a $25,000 salary. 07:44 an hour ago

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